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This is a key leadership post with general management responsibility for a range of health and social work professions. The post holder will have responsibility for line management of a number of Team Leads within the locality and will provide strategic leadership and operational management for health and social care services for people aged over 65, adults under 65 with a physical disability or long term condition and people with palliative and end of life care needs. You will be accountable for the performance, resources and activity within their area of responsibility. In addition, the post holder is responsible for providing managerial input to the HSCP/Locality strategic structure and to actively contribute to the overall planning and management of Older People & Primary Care services in Glasgow HSCP. Your responsibilities include assisting the HSCP to shift the balance of care from acute and institutional care to community services and care at home and as such, they will participate in planning future service provision in line with the strategic vision for older people services via a range of Planning, Performance and Implementation Groups and within the context of the HSCP Governance arrangements. The post holder will also have a role in policy development and continued service development within a complex and dynamic environment of health and social care. They will be required to work across a range of organisational and professional boundaries including the interfaces with acute services, Housing and Voluntary Sector and liaising with the primary care independent contractors. It is essential you have Health or Social Care diploma/degree level qualification, supplemented by additional training, management qualifications, or equivalent management and leadership experience, Experience of human and financial resource management and service redesign, development and evaluation.
This is an integrated position as part of the Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership. The successful applicant, if an employee of the Partnership, will be appointed to the post under the terms and conditions of either Glasgow City Council (GCC) or NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC), depending on current employer. If the successful applicant is not an employee of the Partnership, they may choose to be appointed to the post under the terms and conditions of either GCC or NHSGGC.
GCC Grade: LDR1a, Grade 9
Salary: £55,235.39 - £64,052.22
Weekly hours: 35 hours per week
Informal Contact Karen Lochart, Head of Older People and Primary Care 07917521150 Karen.lockhart@sw.glasgow.gov.uk
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .
(Please note the salary is Pro Rata) for part time hours.